I did try plotting once. The problem I've always had, picked up on by teachers, friends and family is that I'm very much like an OCD ball-obsessed spaniel in a ball pool when I'm writing. The easiest way for me to write is to not plan or plot as I get so focused on details or distracted by stuff that has little to no relevance to the idea that I never started writing.

Formerly known as MsMotty/Linzi82

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My problem with plotting is that by the time I get the first couple of ideas down, I have to start adding the details and end up just writing everything anyway. It's like putting one brush stroke on the wall and walking away. Just can't do it.

"The trick of the fiction writer is the beautiful lie..." Thomas Fox Averill

[quote="ostarella"]My problem with plotting is that by the time I get the first couple of ideas down, I have to start adding the details and end up just writing everything anyway. It's like putting one brush stroke on the wall and walking away. Just can't do it.[/quote]=====

and that is your psychological profile at work , whatever your MTBI may be although i might guess enfp

famous artists sketch out the painting first to make sure the position size and aspect are correct

your 'problem' is that you need to jump into the details too soonthe plotting approach works best at a high level without details when it is easy to move things aroundeasy to spot holesand easy to see that it all flows well without any excess to bog it down

like matt groening's teacher said to him as reported in his book school is hell:' mr gronink you do what you do very wellnow ask yourself if it is worth doing at all'

whatever you have done is not impressing anyone

you are an amateur pantser with a big ego and more likely than not vote hard core left wing and support what they do possibly ENTF profile obsessed with details unable to see the big picture and could have OCD like the faux frog described